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Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s buyout deal
https://www.cnbc.com ^ | PUBLISHED MON, APR 25 20222:50 PM EDT - UPDATED 17 MIN AGO | Lauren Feiner

Posted on 04/25/2022 1:00:49 PM PDT by Red Badger

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Twitter employees are having breakdowns

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1518687268093009922


61 posted on 04/25/2022 1:37:48 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Red Badger

62 posted on 04/25/2022 1:37:59 PM PDT by Pollard (Who stole my tagline?)
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To: mewzilla
I have been in twitter jail for over a year. They said I violated twitter rules, whatever.

Just logged back into my account for the first time, sent them a statement that I felt I was suspended unfairly.

5 minutes later I got an email saying was reinstated.

Shazam

63 posted on 04/25/2022 1:38:28 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (John 14:6 )
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To: Howie66

I expect to see the loser cupcakes sabotage Twitter before they leave.


64 posted on 04/25/2022 1:39:03 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder what motivated the board to change their tune so abruptly.


65 posted on 04/25/2022 1:39:08 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

threat of lawsuit by DeSantis .... damage to Florida pension funds ...


66 posted on 04/25/2022 1:43:55 PM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: Jonny7797
Wonder what putting Trump on the board would do for the left?

Did you see the movie 'Scanners'?
67 posted on 04/25/2022 1:44:51 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Red Badger

Can’t wait to read Mean Tweets again!


68 posted on 04/25/2022 1:47:00 PM PDT by Pennsyltucky Boy (bitterly clinging to our constitutional rights in PA)
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To: isthisnickcool

Creepy, but common in the current era.


69 posted on 04/25/2022 1:47:22 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bankwalker

Yes, perhaps.


70 posted on 04/25/2022 1:48:47 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Red Badger

71 posted on 04/25/2022 1:49:18 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Red Badger

Lets hope that free speech will be the way Twitter will go.

If only Google/YouTube, Facebook and the MSM could move away from the far left tilt they have been pushing for years closer to the middle.


72 posted on 04/25/2022 1:50:42 PM PDT by kevinm13 (Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX! )
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To: janetjanet998

Oh good. I am so happy they are unhappy.


73 posted on 04/25/2022 1:51:31 PM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: Candor7

I don’t think Dorsey had as much control as you think. He was forced out. Negative about the company. It is entirely plausible that key decision makers reported directly to the board.


74 posted on 04/25/2022 1:52:30 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: pepsi_junkie

Elon is a business man. This is the man that sold his first PC game when in High School, made his first hundred million before 30 selling Paypal, with a personal benefit of about $170 Million; about 10 years later his net worth was $2 Billion in 2012. He took over as CEO of Tesla, created SpaceX, Boring Company, Tesla Solar and led the charge in municipal storage. I would say the man is above average.

Twitter, as he has previously stated, is the defacto “public square”; and he has a message to get out. Allowing free speech, where ideas can be exchanged, is a good thing; imho.

For example, are EV’s the perfect solution for everyone? Nope. But, are they a very reliable, very economical solution for many? Yup.

Power generation is a fundamentally misunderstood commodity. Until the advent of municipal energy storage, the primary profit center of your electrical power company was in Energy Brokerage. Power, not used immediately, is lost forever. Gone. Zip.

Take your portable Honda generator, fill the gas tank, fire it up and turn on a small AC, and you will exchange your gas for AC and circulation for ~10 hours. Turn off the AC, and you have a noise maker for ~10.5 hours. If the energy isn’t used, it’s gone. Same thing for municipal utilities. So, your coal fired plants use what the demand requires, and sells the excess. Power Brokers ship that power all over the USA and Canada, with demand dictating instantaneous prices. Now that we can actually STORE that unused energy, plus we have solar/wind all over; it becomes a very complex problem.

The US Gov has websites that show that energy wise, the EV is comparable to a car that gets ~140 mpg. How many moving parts in your car? If any of over 1,000 part breaks in your engine, or transmission - you come to a stop. EV’s generally have less than a dozen moving parts. No fluids (except window washing fluid), brake pads are only applicable from ~3mph to zero, so brake wear is neglible.

Times are changing everything.


75 posted on 04/25/2022 1:55:11 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Red Badger
Good move....

Twitter's source code is locked down to make it harder for employees to make unauthorized changes to the platform

76 posted on 04/25/2022 1:55:20 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Pennsyltucky Boy


"Looks like Mean Tweets are back on the menu, boys!"
77 posted on 04/25/2022 1:56:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Signalman

I had problems registering on the first day and waited a few weeks while the countdown to TS registration completed. After that wait, I decided to try using another email account and was in right away. Navigating the site is a mess and I appreciate any guidance. I’ve been on FR quite a while and looked at FB at times, but dropped Facebook during the Obamo’s reign and dropped Twitter before the Biden was chosen. I signed back up when on Twitter after Elon made his first offer, because there is power in numbers and I wanted the board to look at why there was an uptick. I like usually pull for the underdog, but come November, the underdamdog needs a beating.


78 posted on 04/25/2022 1:57:51 PM PDT by dhouston
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To: Red Badger

Why would Elon Musk want a social media company?

Just a guess on my part but I think this is tied to STARLINK in some way.


79 posted on 04/25/2022 1:57:52 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (1.48 million plus active users on Truth Social)
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To: dfwgator

LMAO!


80 posted on 04/25/2022 1:57:55 PM PDT by Allegra
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